Lexic.us

Definition of Soak up

1. Verb. Take in, also metaphorically. "She drew strength from the minister's words"

2. Verb. Devote (oneself) fully to. "He immersed himself into his studies"

Definition of Soak up

1. Verb. absorb ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soak Up

so many so much so much as so much for so quiet one can hear a pin drop so so so that so there so they say so to say

so to speak so what soak soak the runner soak through soak up (current term) soakage soakages soakaway soakaways

soakcrust soaked soaked to the bone soaked to the skin soaken soaker soakers soaking soaking up soaking wet

Literary usage of Soak up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Henley's Twentieth Century Forrmulas, Recipes and Processes: Containing Ten by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1914)
"Allow it to rest for only a minute, draw olF the acid with a glass or rubber syringe, and soak up the last trace of acid with a moist sponge. ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Mr. Dressup and I began to soak up English. I began to soak up the idea of ... I began to soak up the fact that none of the kids on the TV had wings. ..."

3. Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capitalby Oecd, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, OECD Staff, Development. by Oecd, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, OECD Staff, Development. (2000)
"Scenario three - similar to scenario two, except two New Zealand companies are used - one to soak up the tax sparing credits and the other to accumulate tax ..."

4. Science from an Easy Chair by Edwin Ray Lankester (1911)
"... can soak up either a large or a small quantity of water, and with the water (that is the important point) all sorts of chemical bodies soluble in water. ..."

5. Newest England: Notes of a Democratic Traveller in New Zealand, with Some by Henry Demarest Lloyd (1900)
"If the land-tax is increased so as to soak up all the unearned increment of the freehold, it will also soak up all the unearned increment of the leasehold. ..."

6. Newest England: Notes of a Democratic Traveller in New Zealand, with Some by Henry Demarest Lloyd (1900)
"If the land-tax is increased so as to soak up all the unearned increment of the freehold, it will also soak up all the unearned increment of the leasehold. ..."

7. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1885)
"Name some other things that will soak up water ? Blotting- paper, flannel, bread, etc. What do we say of all these things because they soak up water? ..."

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